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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What words does Cincinnatus see written on the wall of the hallway?
(a) Give up already.
(b) Look up.
(c) No one was here.
(d) Testing brush.

2. What does Cincinnatus describe as discovering, as he takes off layer after layer of his clothes/himself?
(a) His core being.
(b) Freedom.
(c) A connection with the world.
(d) Nonexistence.

3. What is the one difference between Marthe's two identical twin brothers?
(a) One wears all red clothes and the other all black.
(b) One has a black mustache and the other a blonde one.
(c) One is an inch taller than the other.
(d) One is missing a hand, and he keeps his false hand in is pocket.

4. How long does the letter say Cincinnatus will have to wait for the interview?
(a) One month.
(b) One week.
(c) One day.
(d) Four days.

5. What does the librarian refuse to do?
(a) Particpate in Pierre's card trick.
(b) Discuss the conditions of Cincinnatus's cell.
(c) Bring Cincinnatus's books.
(d) Discuss the organization of the library.

6. Who finds what the lawyer was looking for at the beginning of his meeting with Cincinnatus?
(a) The prison director.
(b) The lawyer.
(c) Cincinnatus.
(d) The prison guard.

7. What is reflected in the mirror of the wardrobe that Marthe brings with her?
(a) Cincinnatus and Marthe's hallway and the front door beyond.
(b) The back of Marthe's head.
(c) A shadowy figure that Cincinnatus cannot make out.
(d) A corner of her and Cincinnatus' bedroom.

8. What method of death does Cincinnatus write that he would prefer to beheading by axe?
(a) Electric chair.
(b) Shooting by a firing squad.
(c) Drowning.
(d) Hanging by rope.

9. How does Marthe leave her first visit with Cincinnatus?
(a) She runs out crying.
(b) She waves goodbye and seems to vanish.
(c) She is carried out on a couch.
(d) She walks out laughing.

10. Who enters the cell after Cincinnatus undresses at the end of his second day in prison, snapping Cincinnatus's world back to normal?
(a) The spider.
(b) The prison director.
(c) Marthe.
(d) Rodion.

11. What does Cincinnatus have to eat when Emmie comes into his cell?
(a) Coffee and cereal.
(b) Sweet rolls and orange juice.
(c) Eggs and bacon.
(d) Hot chocolate and toast.

12. What does Cincinnatus credit his lawyer with?
(a) Avoiding doing anything at all at the trial.
(b) Making himself look good at Cincinnatus's expense.
(c) Saving him from a worse punishment than beheading.
(d) Making eloquent speeches that accomplish nothing.

13. What is Cincinnatus allowed to wear at gala performances because of his profession?
(a) White silk stockings.
(b) A red fringed robe.
(c) A feathered hat.
(d) Heeled black velvet shoes.

14. What does Cincinnatus write is more real than the everyday world?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Thoughts.
(d) Death.

15. Why does Cincinnatus start to go for a walk?
(a) He wants to sneak away.
(b) Rodion suggests it.
(c) Emmie beckons to him.
(d) He sees a light down the hallway.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Cincinnatus grow up?

2. What is Rodrig Ivanovich holding after Cincinnatus reads the letter?

3. What time does Rodrig Ivanovich appear?

4. What is wrapped around Pauline's neck?

5. Where does Cincinnatus write that he will evolve a third eye?

(see the answer keys)

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